The Magic Rosette(1878)

Le Rotisseur(fr)

Praxinoscope animation of a chef rotating meat on a spit while spooning drippings over it. Series 1, number 6.

The Musician Monkey(xx)

A pre-cinematograph colour animation of the monkey playing his violin. Series 2, number 9.

Around a Cabin(dz)

The film consists of a series of animations on a beach containing two beach huts and a diving board. Two characters play at diving into the water from the diving board and then appear on the beach. The woman begins to play with a small dog and is then joined by a gentleman. The two play around on the beach before getting changed into bathing costumes and going into the water. They bob up and down in the water before swimming out of the scene. Once the couple have gone a man sails out in a boat.

Accordion Player(xx)

The last remaining film of Le Prince's LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera is a sequence of frames of his son, Adolphe Le Prince, playing a diatonic button accordion. It was recorded on the steps of the house of Joseph Whitley, Adolphe's grandfather.

Gaslight(en)

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

Simon of the Desert(es)

Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.

Theorem(it)

A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.

The French Connection(en)

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

The Big Sleep(en)

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

Howards End(en)

A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.

She's Gotta Have It(en)

The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages(en)

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Friends Jokes(ar)

The film tells a story speaks of "Yusuf ", a plumbing Man, who is exposed to many pranks by his friends.

One Week(en)

Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.

The Last Waltz(en)

Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from "The Band's" incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and other rock legends.

Fantozzi Still Suffers(it)

After a hard day at work and a condominium-board meeting, accountant Ugo Fantozzi goes on a trip with his family. Unfortunately, he will face a nasty surprise upon his return.

The Longest Day(en)

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

The Big Heat(en)

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.

Dough and Dynamite(en)

Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.

Dancing on the Rope(en)

Early Praxinoscope strip showing a girl dancing on a tightrope. Series 1, Number 7.

The Aquarium(xx)

Praxinoscope reel, Series 1, number 1

Le Jeu de Corde(xx)

Praxinoscope of a girl in a blue dress skipping rope. Series 1, number 9

Zim, Boum, Boum(xx)

Praxinoscope animation of a green-suited boy wearing a drum and cymbal. Series 1, number 10

Le Jeu du Volant(xx)

Praxinoscope animations of a girl in a blue dress bouncing a shuttlecock on a badminton racket. Series 2, number 2

Le Jongleur(xx)

Praxinoscope animation of a juggler balancing a spinning plate on their nose. Series 1, number 2.

L'Équilibriste(xx)

Praxinoscope animation of a child laying down balancing a drum upon his upraised legs. Series 1, number 3.

Les Bulles de Savon(xx)

Praxinoscope animation of a girl in a blue dress blowing soap bubbles. Series 1, number 5.

Le Rotisseur(fr)

Praxinoscope animation of a chef rotating meat on a spit while spooning drippings over it. Series 1, number 6.

Les Papillons(xx)

Praxinoscope animation of a butterfly fluttering about a flower. Series 2, number 6.

Le Trapèze(xx)

Praxinoscope animation of a man spinning around a trapeze. Series 2, number 7.

La Charmeuse(xx)

Praxinoscope animation of a girl charming a flock of birds. Series 3, number 1.

La Balançoire(xx)

Praxinoscope animation of two children playing on a homemade teeter-totter. Series 3, number 2.

Le Fumeur(en)

Praxinoscope animation of a man sitting backwards in a char smoking a cigar, while a dog jumps up at him. Series 3, number 5.

Le Repas des Poulets(xx)

Praxinoscope animation of a woman feeding chickens. Series 1, number 4

La Nageuse(xx)

Praxinoscope animation of a swimmer. Series 2, number 8.

Le Steeple-chase(xx)

Praxinoscope animation of an equestrian riding. Series 3, number 8.

Les Chiens Savants(xx)

Praxinoscope animation of a boy holding a hoop for two trained dogs to leap through. Series 1, number 8.

Incubala of Animation(fr)

A patchwork of the first animated movies from the collections of La Cinémathèque française : Stroboscopic Discs (1833), Zoetropes (since 1867), Reynaud's Praxinoscope (1878-1879), plates of Muybridge and Anschütz (1880-1890), an unseen Marey's chronophotography (1889), Chromolithographs films (since 1897), including one inspired by the second Georges Méliès' film, "Une séance de prestidigitation" (1896), with a photographic version, unseen until now.

Berg Simeli(de)